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6A1

Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies, Physiological Systems, Decompression

Not billableICD-10-PCS procedure code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 2 more specific codes instead:

  • 6A150ZZ Decompression, Circulatory, Single
  • 6A151ZZ Decompression, Circulatory, Multiple

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Extracorporeal Therapies, Physiological Systems, Decompression
  2. FY2018 Description revised Extracorporeal Therapies, Physiological Systems, Decompression Extracorporeal or Systemic Therapies, Physiological Systems, Decompression